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cau·ter·y

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–noun, plural -ter·ies.

1.	an escharotic substance, electric current, or hot iron used to destroy tissue.

2.	the process of destroying tissue with a cautery.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L cautérium < Gk kautrion, equiv. to kautr branding iron (see cauterize) + -ion dim. suffix

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cau·ter·y Audio Help (kô'tə-rē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. cau·ter·ies

An agent or instrument used to destroy abnormal tissue by burning, searing, or scarring, including caustic substances, electric currents, lasers, and very hot or very cold instruments.
The act or process of cauterizing.

[Middle English cauterie, from Latin cautērium, branding iron, cautery, from Greek kautērion, from kaiein, kau-, to burn.]

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cautery Audio Help (kô'tə-rē) Pronunciation Key
An agent or instrument used to destroy tissue, as in surgery, by burning, searing, cutting, or scarring, including caustic substances, electric currents, and lasers.

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